Apamia, a city in Syria, 28
Apis, the sacred Egyptian bull, 306 Apodemius, the secretary for the pro- vinces, 41, 46; sentenced to be burnt alive, 280
Apollinarii, father and son, the former governor of Phoenicia, the latter steward of the palace, 26
Apollo, the Cimæan, 334; of Daphne, 303; the Palatine, 320; the Smin- thian, 286
Apollonia, a city of Thrace, 293 in Assyria, 334 Apollonius of Tyana, 270 Apronianus, prefect of Rome, 317; suppresses the magicians, 411 Aprunculus Gallus, an orator and sooth- sayer, afterwards governor of Nar- bonne, 277
Aquileia, the capital of Venetia, 261; besieged by Julian, 261; surenders, 264
Aquitani, a nation of Gaul, 78
Arabia reduced to a Roman province by the Emperor Trajan, 29; Arabia Felix, 338
Arabis, a river in the country of the Drangeani, 342
Aracha, a town in Susiana, 335, 337 Arachosia, a Persian province, 342 Arachotoscrene, a marsh in Arachosia, 343
Aradius, count of the east, 317 Araharius, a Sarmatian chief, 149
Arar, a river in Gaul (the Saone), 80 Arator, duke, 481
Aratus the poet, 299, 386
Araxates, a river in Sogdiana, 340
Araxius, prefect of the prætorium, 422
Arbaca, a city in Arachosia, 343
Arbela, a city in Adiabene, 334
Arethusa, a town in Thrace, the burial- place of Euripides, 443 Argæus, a mountain in Cappadocia, 233 Argonauts, the, 27
Ariana, a province of Persia, 342 Arias, a river in Arcana, 342 Ariaspe, a town in the province of Drangiana, 342
Arimaspi, a fierce one-eyed nation bordering on Persia, 332 Arimphæi, a nation bordering on the Euxine, 292
Arinchi, a savage tribe near the Euxine, 291
Arintheus, a tribune, 54; commands the left wing of the army under Julian, 347; ambassador to the Persians, 393, 446
Aristænetus, prefect of Bithynia, lost his life in an earthquake, 138 Aristarchus the grammarian, 314 Aristides, 558
Aristobulus consul with Diocletian, 317
Arles (Arelate), a town on the Rhone.
Armenia conquered by Galerius, 134; its restoration to the Persians de- manded by Sapor, 135; abandoned by Jovian in the treaty of Dura, 394, 549
Armonius, a mountain in Asia Minor, 289
Arsaces, the first king of the Parthians, 330
king of Armenia, an ally of Con- stantius, 235; of Julian, 318; taken prisoner by the Persians, 394; pat to death, 463
Arsacia, a city of Media, £37
Arsiana, a city of Susiana, 335
Arbetio, 36, 47, 92; made consul, 71, Arsinoë, a city of Cyrene, anciently
Arboreus, high chamberlain, 49
Arbor Felix, fortress of, 605
Arcadius, a river of the Euxine, 289 Archelaus, a general of King Mithri- dates, 116
Archimedes the mathematician, 407 Ardea, a town in Persia, 338 Areans, a sect, 485 Areopagus, 518
called Tauchira, and now Tochira, 312 Artabannes, a Persian satrap, 463 Artabius, a river in Gedrosia, a district of Persia, 343
Artacana, a city of Parthia, 338 Artemis, a river in Bactria, 340 Artemisia, queen of Caria, 487 Artemius, deputy-governor of Rows,
Asp, the largest species of serpent in Bacchus, 290
Aspabota, a city of Scythia, 341 Aspacara, a tribe of the Seres, 341 Aspacuras, a Persian satrap, 466 Asparata, a city of the Beta, 341 Assanite Saracens, 350
Assyria, the wife of Barbatio, 165
a province of Persia, in the time of Ammianus called Adiabene, 333 Astacia, a city of Bactria, 340
Astracus, a city in Bithynia, also called Balista, a military engine for discharg-
Atacotti harass the Britons, 413 Athagoræ, a Scythian tribe, 341 Athanaric, a Gothic chief, 447, 583 Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, his character, 67
Athos, a mountain in Macedonia, 286 Athribis, a city of Egypt, 313 Athyras, a port in the Propontis, 287 Ati, a people near the cataracts of the Nile, 308
Atlas, a mountain in Africa, 50 Attuarii, a tribe of Franks, 235 Auch (Ausci), a town in Aquitania, 79 Augury, modes of, 245 Augusta (Londinium), the capital of Roman Britain, 483 Augustamnica, a province of Egypt, 312 Augustus, Emperor, his correction of the calendar, 408
Aulion, a cave near the Euxine, 290 Aurelian, the Emperor, 570 Aureolus, a conspirator against Con- stantius, 274
Austoriani, a people of Mauritania, 413 Autun (Augustodunum), the chief town of the Ædui, 79
Auxerre (Autosidorum), a city in Gaul,
Avenches (Aventicum), the capital of the Helvetii, 79
ing stones, described, 322
Bappo, a tribune, commander of the Promoti, 54
Baraba, a town in Arabia Felix, 338 Barbatio, count of the domestics, 40; promoted to the command of the infantry, 104, 136; a swarm of bees on his house regarded as a bad omen, 165; an arrogant and trea- cherous man, 166; beheaded, 166 Barbitani, mountains in Persia lying towards India, 343 Barchalbas, a tribune, 430 Bards, the poets of Gaul, 74 Barzala, a fort in Mesopotamia, 179 Barzimeres, tribune of the Scutarii, 546 Basilica of Sicininus in Rome, probably the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, 441
Basilina, mother of the Emperor Julian, 383
Basilisk, a kind of Egyptian serpent, 311
Bassianus, a Roman of noble family, 515 Bassus, prefect of Rome, 146 Batne, a town near the Euphrates,
where an annual fair was held, 10 Battus, a Spartan, the founder of Cyrene, 312
Bautis, a river in Serica, 341 Bazas (Vasata), a town in Gaal, 79
Bebase, a town in Mesopotamia, 178 Bebrycia, a district in Bithynia, 288 Belga, the most warlike people of Gaul, 78
Belias, a river of Mesopotamia which falls into the Euphrates, 321 Bellovædius, a tribune given as a host- age to the Persians, 394 Berenice, also called Hesperides, a town in Libya, 312
Berca, a city of Thrace, 444 Berytus, a city of Phoenicia (the modern Beirut), 28
Besa, the name of an Egyptian deity, 208 Besançon, a city of the Sequani, 79, 253 Besbicus, an island in the Propontis, 287 Bessi, a Thracian tribe, 444 Beta, a people in Serica, 341 Bezabde, a town on the Tigris formerly called Phonice, 225, 266; captured by Sapor, 227; unsuccessfully be- sieged by Constantius, 237-239 Bineses, a Persian satrap, 394 Bingen (Bingium), a town in Germany, 161
Bisula, a river (the Weichsel), 292 Bitaxa, a town of the Ariani, 342 Bitheridus, a German noble, 525 Bithynia, 288
Bizes, a river of the Euxine, 288 Blemmyæ, a people near the cataracts of the Nile, 11
Boæ, an island on the coast of Dalmatia, 279
Bonitus, a Frank, the father of Silvanus, 63
Bonmunster (Bononia), a town in Pan- nonia, 257
Bonn (Bonna), a town in Germany, 161 Borion, a promontory in Egypt, 307 Bosporus, the Thracian (the Straits of Constantinople), 288
the Cimmerian (Straits of Yene- Kali), 70
Bostra, a city of Arabia, 29 Boulogne (Bononia), a town in Gaul,
Bourdeaux (Burdegala), a city in Aqui- tania, 79
Brahmans, 336, 470
Brigantia (the lake of Constance), 52 Brisoana, a Persian river, 337 Britain, corn exported to Rome, 161; pearls found in the British sea, 345; suffers from the incursions of the Picts and Scots, 212, 453; invaded by the Saxons, 413; distress of, 453; Theodosius goes to assist, 483 Bruchion, a quarter in Alexandria, inhabited by opulent persons, 314 Brumat (Brocomagus), a city of Ger- many, 86
Bucenobantes, a tribe of the Allemanni 524
Buffaloes in Egypt, 309
Bura, a town destroyed by an earth- quake, 140
Burgundians, 495; their kings called Hendinos, 495; their chief priest called the Sinistus, 496 Busan, a fort in Mesopotamia, 183 Byzantium (Constantinople), 287 Byzares, a people near the Euxine,
CABILLONUM (Chalons sur Marne), 98, 436
Cabyle, a town in Thrace, 607 Cadusii, a tribe on the Caspian Sea,
Cæranius, a philosopher, 520 Gæsarea, formerly Mazaca, a town in Cappadocia, 233
a town in Mauritania, 534 a town in Palestine, 29 Cæsariensis, a province of Mauritania, 526
Carius, prefect of Constantinople,
secretary of the Emperor, 551 Cæsins, treasurer of the commander of the cavalry, 200
Cafaves, a people of Africa, 532 Calatis, a town in European Scythia,
Calicadnus, a river in Isauria, 9 Callichorus, a river near the Euxine Sea, 290
Branchida, an oracle in the Milesian Callimachus, an ancient Grecian gene-
Callipolis, a city at the head of the Hellespont, 287
Callisthenes, a pupil of Aristotle, 166 Callistratus, an ancient orator, 554 Camaritæ, a tribe near the Euxine Sea
Cambyses, king of Persia, 129
a river in Media, 337
Cella, a tribune of the Scutarii, 105 Celse, a town in Phoenicia, 23 Cephalonesus, a town on the Borys thenes, 293
Ceras, a cape on the Propontis, 287 Cerasus, a town in Pontus, 289 Cercetæ, a tribe near the Euxine Sea, 291
Camels first seen by the Romans at Cercius, the charioteer of Castor and
the siege of Cyzicus, 340 Camenius, a Roman senator, 473 Camp of Hercules (Castra Herculis), a town in Germany, 161 Camp of Mars, a town in Dacia, 608 Camp of the Moors, a town or fortress in Mesopotamia, 173, 393 Canini, a people on the borders of Rhætia, 52
Canopus, a city of Egypt, 314 Cantichus, a gulf in Armenia, 332 Capellatum, a district on the borders of the Burgundians, 164 Capersana, a town in Syria, 179; called also Capessana, 255
Caphareus, a promontory of Euboea,
Carambis a promontory in Paphlagonia (now Cape Kerempe), 289 Carcinites, a river and bay on the Euxine Sea, 292
Carmania, a province of Persia, 338 Carnuntum, a city of Illyria, 559 Carpi, a people on the Danube, 446, 468 Carræ, a town of Mesopotamia, 177, 237, 320
Cascellius, a Roman lawyer, 556 Caspian, tribes of the, 291
Cercusium, a fortress in Mesopotamia, 324
Cerealis, uncle of Gallus, 43; (2)
master of the horse, 482, 564 Cethegus, a senator, beheaded, 471 Chærecla, a town in Libya, 313 Chalcedon, a town in Bithynia, 287; inscription found on a stone in the walls of, 577
Chalcenterus, an author, 314 Chaldæa, 335
Chalites, a gulf in Armenia, 332 Chalybes, a tribe near the Caspian Sea, 290
Chamavi, a German tribe, 141 Charax, a town in Parthia, 338 Charca, a town on the Tigris, 183 Chardi, a Scythian tribe, 341 Charietto, count of Germany, 144, 436
Charinda, a river in Media, 337 Charte and Chartra, towns in Bactria, 340
Chasmatiæ, a kind of earthquake, 139 Chauriana, a town in Scythia, 341 Chiliocomus, a district of Media, 21 Chilo, a Roman deputy, 469
Cassianus, Duke of Mesopotamia, 98, Chionite, a tribe bordering on Persia,
Cassium, a town in Egypt, 312 Cassius, a mountain in Syria, 28; Julian sacrifices to Jupiter upon it, 305
Castalia, a fountain in Phocis, at the base of Mount Parnassus, 303 Castricius, Count of Isauria, 8 Catadupi, the cataracts of the Nile, or
the people who live near them, 307 Catalauni (Chalons sur Marne), 436 Cato, the censor, 16, 81, 88 Catulus, the ædile, 20
Caucalandes, a town in Sarmatia, 589
Chnodomarius, a king of the Allemanni, 107, 112, 120; taken prisoner and sent to Rome, 121; his death, 121 Choaspa, a town in Arachosia, 343 Choaspes, a river in Media, 337 Choatres, a river in Parthia, 338 Chronius, a river of the Euxine Sea, 292
Chrysopolis, a city on the Propontis, 287
Cibalæ, a town in Pannonia, 566 Cicero, 5, 49, 61, 81, 84, 210, 245,
274, 284, 310, 406, 433, 443, 457,
462, 476, 491, 531, 555, 570, 617
Cilicia, description of, 27 Ciminia, a district in Italy, 140 Cimon, son of Miltiades, 145 Cineas, the ambassador of Pyrrhus, 100 Circesium, a town of Mesopotamia, described, 325
Cius, a town on the Propontis, 287 Civilis, prefect of Britain, 455 Claritas, a Roman matron, 474 Claros, in Lydia, seat of a temple and oracle of Apollo, 210 Claudiopolis, a city in Isauria, 27 Claudius, prefect of Rome, 439, 542 Cleander, a prefect under the Emperor Commodus, 418
Clematius, a citizen of Alexandria, 2 Cleopatra, 313
Coche, a town in Persia, 363 Cola, a town near the Hellespont,
Cœni Gallicani, a station in Bithynia, 38 Colchi, a tribe of Egyptian origin, 290 Colias, a Gothic noble, revolts, 592 Cologne (Colonia Agrippina), 86 Comedus, a mountain in the country of the Sacæ, 340 Comets, their nature, 401
Commagena, a province of Syria, 334 Commodus, the Roman Emperor, 507, 605
Como (Comum), a town in Italy, 48 Constans, son of Constantine, 2, 94 Constantia, daughter of Constantius, 423, 539
Constantianus, a tribune, 322, 482, 522
Constantina, daughter of Constantine the Great, 2, 37, 244, 245
a town in Mesopotamia, 178 Constantine the Great, 60, 81, 93, 97, 131, 419 Constantinople, 287; threatened siege of, by the Goths, 622 Constantius the Emperor, his cruelty, 13; summons Gallus to Italy, 23; makes war on the Allemanni, 32; his speech, 34-36; retires to Milan, 36; his jealousy, 37; his severe treatment of Gallus's friend, 51; invests Julian with the title of
Cæsar, 70; his weakness, 99; his triumphal procession to Rome, 100; his arrogance, 101; erects an obelisk, 130; reply to Sapor, 135; receives the title of Sarmaticus, 156; marches against the Limigantes, 204; jealousy of Julian, 216; besieges Bezabde, 237; marries Faustina after the death of Eusebia, 253; crosses the Euphrates, 255; his speech to his army, 267; unfavourable dreams and omens, 269; his death, 271; virtues and vices, 272; buried at Constantinople, 276
Contensis, a town in Africa, 534 Coptos, a town in the Thebais, 312; story of his wife, 291
Corax, a river flowing into the Euxine, 291
Corduena, a province belonging to the Persians, 175, 321, 393 Cornelius Gallus, procurator of Egypt,
Cornelius, a senator, 474
Coronus, a mountain in Media, 335 Costoboci, a Scythian tribe, 293 Cottius, a king on the Alps, 75 Craugasius, a noble of Nisibis, 200; story of his wife, 201
Crescens, deputy-governor of Africa,
Cretio, count of Africa, 254 Crispus, son of Constantine the Great,
Crissæan Gulf in Western Locris, 140 Criu-Metopon, a promontory of Thrace, 289
Crocodiles in Egypt, 309 Croesus, 64
Ctesiphon, the winter residence of the Parthian kings, 334
Curandius, a tribune of the archers, 530
Curio, a Roman general, 530 Cybele, festival in honour of, 321 Cyclades, 286
Cydnus, a river in Cilicia, 27 Cylaces, a Persian eunuch, 463 Cynægirus, a Grecian general, 369 Cynossema, a promontory in Caria, now Cape Volpo, 287 Cyprus, 29
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